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'UNITED STATE-5.

PATrJs'n* OFFICE. l

' THOMAS J. mnomrsomor CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AssIeNon. 'ro STANDARD on. COMPANY,.

OF WRITING', INDIANA, A' CORPORATION 0F INDIANA.

MEASURING Bucxn'r.

Application ledHarch 19, 1924. Serial No. 700,313..

To all lwhom t'may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. THOMPSON,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Measurin Buckets, of which the'following is a speci cation.

My invention relates to'an improvement in so-called inspectors measurin buckets. This type of bucket, which is of s eet-metal and of given capacity, has a ilat bottom and a reduced cylindrical spout extending vertically andA centrally from its rounded top and provided in its side with a glass-covered gage for indicating the quantity of its liquid contents.

A 5ga1lon bucket of the kind referred to is customarily provided in filling-stations for dispensing gasoline to automobiles stopping there to be supplied, where it is used for testing .the dispensing-pumps; and such bucket is intended lto be permanently in place for inspection of the gage-showing of its contents by an official inspector. However, being provided with a dat bottom, whereby it may rest thereon like other bucketsand cans in. the station, to bei removed from time to time by tank-wagons coming to supply gasoline thereto, it is a frequent but inadvertent occurrence for the measuring bucket to be carried away .with such others on the tank-wagon, thereby leaving the filling-station without a measuringbucket, the absence of which may not be purposes.

I have especially devisedl my improvement with relation to its use in the class of -filling-stationsr referred to, with the object 40 4of having it tend to avoid being inadverten'tly carried away or misplaced; and to Ihis end I provide thebucket with a sim le "and-inexpensive construction of roun ed bottom, lwhich prevents the bucket from rest'- ing'thereou d ue to the unstable equilibrium thereof and-is required to fit removably in a standv formed to accommodate it and stably support the bucket in place.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved measuring bucket; Figure 2 is a slmilar view of the support- Ain stand for the bucket;

' igure 3 is a broken perspective view showing the bucket supported on the stand;

noticed until it is needed for inspectionV 1L- 4, Fig. 1, and

Figure 5v is a section on line 5-5, Fig. 4. The bucket shown is of the ordinary Ineas- ,uring bucket construction, 'comprising cywhich is soldered a longitudinally slotted plate 9 having its inner face recessed at 9 and the slot in which has a glass Covering 10 confined-.1n place by an outer plate 11 con* taining a longitudinal slot 11a and screwed to the plate 9. A slotted gage-plate 12 is adjusts. ly carried on a screw 13 projecting into the spout near its upper end and passing through the slot of the gage-plate to ermit the latter to be raised and lowered Or dis laying a transverse line 14 thereon (Fi 1 to indicate the prescribed level of liquid in the bucket, which level may vary permissibly within slight limits; and to secure the gage-plate in adjusted position, a nut 13a is provided on the screw 18. A griphandle is shown at 15 for tilting the bucket in emptying it; and a hanger for the'bucket as shown at 16 therein.

The structure as thus described presents no features of novelty.

Bowed metal straps 17, 17 are each riveted at its angular ends to diametrically opposite points on the outer face of the lower band 6 and the straps intersect each other below the center of the bottom 5, where they are riveted together, as shown in Fig. 1. These straps provide my preferred form of supplemental' rounded bottom on the can to prevent it from being stably seated thereon. For supporting the bucket in upright position, I provide a stand 18 having angular corners and of a diameter to cause the lowermost band 6 tov seat on its upper edges and enter the angular ends of the bowed straps in the stand-corners, where they are coninedand prevent turning of the seated bucket and render stable its support on the stand. g

I realize that considerable variation is possible in the details of construction of my improvement herein shown and described, and I do not intend to limit my invention I. Figure 4 is an enlarged section on line Cil thereto except as pointed out in the appended claims, in which it is my intention to claim all the novelty inherent in my in vention as broadly as permissible by the state of the art.

I claim:

l. In combination with a measuringbucket of the characterdescribed, a curved strap secured at its ends to the-base-portion of the bucket extending below the plane of the basethereof and forming 'a supplemental rounded bottom onl the bucket to give unstable equilibrium thereto.'

Q. In -combination with a,v measuringbucket of the character described` curved 'bucket of the character described, 'curved straps secured at'thei'r ends at diam'etrica'lly-opposite points on the outer surface of the'base-portion of the bucket to cross each other centrally below the plane of tliebucket-base, said straps being secured together at their points of crossing and forming a supplemental rounded bottom onthe bucket to give unstable equilibrium thereto.

thereof whereby to destroythe equilibrium ofthe bucket, and meansifin'to whichv said bucket equilibrium-destroying means' are adapted to seat whereby to .restore the equilibrium of said bucket.

5. In combination, a measuring-bucket of the character-described. a pair of bowed straps secured at their opposite angular ends to the external surface of the base-porn tion of the bucket to cross each other below the bucket-base and form -a supplemental roundedv bottom thereon, and a stand for removably seating the bucket and having angular corner-portions with which the angular strap-ends on the seated bucket engage to stably'support it in place.v

-TiioMAs J. THOMPSON. 

